NZ Politics Daily - 5 February 2018
5 February 2018
Today's content
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Waitangi
Audrey Young (Herald): Hoping Ardern brings some harmony to Waitangi for a change
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): A fresh start at Waitangi?
Richard Harman (Politik): Waitangi: "Will this Government behave with honour?"
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): National Party has never been a natural fit for Maori
Aroha Harris (Newsroom): Waitangi trip should be par for the course
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): A pregnant Jacinda Ardern at Waitangi for a week is a perfect storm
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why do we bother with Waitangi?
Newshub: Waitangi Day disagreements should be embraced, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern feels privileged to be given the chance to speak at Te Whare Rūnanga
Jo Moir (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes historic speech at upper marae at Waitangi
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Waitangi: Everyone 'singing from the same songsheet'
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM to get formal Waitangi welcome at upper marae, not Te Tii
Claire Trevett (Herald): A new dawn': Governor General on first powhiri on Treaty grounds
Lois Williams (RNZ): Dame Patsy remembers man who saved Treaty Grounds
Claire Trevett (Herald): Jones' Waitangi Party draws wide array of guests
Jo Moir (Stuff): MPs from across Parliament descend on Shane Jones' annual pre-Waitangi party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Party at Shane Jones' place - watch out crayfish and Greens
Jo Moir (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern welcomed by hundreds in Kāretu - 10 years after Helen Clark visited
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern welcomed at Karetu Marae
RNZ: PM welcomed on to Kāretu marae
Katie Bradford (TVNZ): Jacinda Ardern and Government welcomed on to Karetu Marae
TVNZ: 'We can’t do it alone' - Jacinda Ardern promises a partnership with Maori on problems they face
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern promises to listen, work together
Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern breaks new ground at Waitangi
Jo Moir (Stuff): Māori freshwater rights put to one side at Waitangi when the PM met with iwi leaders
Claire Trevett (Herald):'Rock star' Jacinda Ardern charms iwi leaders at Waitangi
Shannon Haunui-Thompson (RNZ): Baby jokes, warm reception for PM at Waitangi
TVNZ: Iwi leaders unhappy issues like water ownership aren't on new Government's radar
Claire Trevett (Herald): Warm welcome for PM Jacinda Ardern by iwi, but thorny issues await
Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern kicks off her Waitangi visit
TVNZ: Watch: 'Dogged by unnecessary controversies' – Bill English on his Waitangi Day absence this year
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The joy of a leader who understands the Treaty & how Iwi Leaders have to acknowledge the political rise of Urban Māori
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Waitangi Day should not be whitewashed
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Journeying in the spirit of Waitangi
RNZ: Waitangi trust board members unaware of missing money
Government
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): We've had 100 days of coalition government, so what now?
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Sizing up the 100-day plan
Press Editorial: A new era of feelgood politics
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Jacinda Ardern in her own words: the Spinoff interview offcuts
Brian Easton (Pundit): The New Government’s First Hundred Days.
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The battle over targets is the struggle for political dominance
Richard Wagstaff (Together): Trees, trains and trade unions - a future we can believe in
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Labour's 100-day embellishment
Stephanie Rodgers: Labour’s first 100 days
Duncan Garner (Stuff): 100 days down - now Government faces the proverbial uphill
Zoe Hunter (Bay of Plenty Times): Labour's first 100 days - local MPs give their verdict
Audrey Young (Herald): Bill English: Government's first 100 days show signs of weakness and confusion
Audrey Young (Herald): National's Bill English says the Government needs to pick up its act
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): National slams '100 days of backdowns and working groups’
Newshub: Government's 100-day plan falls short of expectations, says Bill English
Brigitte Morten (RNZ): We've had the 'why' - but the 'how' is the hard part
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The achievements of the Government’s first 100 days
Herald: Meet your new Government
NZ Herald editorial: Abuse inquiry sensibly ring-fenced
Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern likely to meet the Queen ahead of giving birth
Cherie Howie (Herald): Don't touch! Baby bumps off-limits, say midwives, after pregnant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's abdomen was touched by a stranger at Ratana Pa
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's neighbours feel well-protected by diplomatic security agents
No Right Turn: A crony appointment
Greens
Sue Bradford (Spinoff): My old party is betraying its own proud history on the waka-jumping bill
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Marama Davidson announces run for Green Party co-leader
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Greens co-leadership race: Marama Davidson first off the blocks
RNZ: Marama Davidson to stand for Green Party co-leadership
Herald: Marama Davidson confirms she will run for Greens co-leader role
TVNZ: Green MP Marama Davidson announces co-leadership bid
Stephanie Rodgers: Marama Davidson’s campaign launch
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Previewing 2018: Greens
Liam Hehir: Give Ghahraman a break (again)
The Standard: Zen and the art of greening the government
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Green MP accuses her own Government of illegal spying
Winston Peters
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Winston Peters ramps up legal action against National MPs
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters drops legal case against journalists, chases hard after National MPs
Laura Walters (Stuff): Winston Peters looks to 'next phase' of suing National over alleged privacy breach
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Peters drops superannuation suit against journos
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Peters throws in the towel
Liam Hehir: “Peters isn’t terribly concerned and neither he should be”
Parliament and democracy
Greg Presland (The Standard): The 2017 General Election electorate expense returns
Jenny Condie (Stuff): Our democracy relies on waka jumping
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Previewing 2018: ACT
ODT Editorial: Changing the parliamentary prayer
Paul Charman (Herald): Why we must keep Jesus in the parliamentary prayer
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): An alternative parliamentary prayer for our multi-faith times
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway
James Elliot (Newsroom): Yesterdaze: States of emergency
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ 4th in 2017 Democracy Index
Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Conscience vote on euthanasia bill exposes democratic weakness of New Zealand’s voting system
National Party
Graham Adams (Noted): Why Bill English's time is up
Simon Louisson (Standard): Ideological issues more than leadership are Nat’s problem
John Roughan (Herald): Bill English wants to retire despite success
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Why Bill English should quit - and soon
Mark Dawson (Wanganui Chronicle) Editorial: From winner to loser - why does Bill English stay on?
Newshub: Judith Collins 'not contemplating' bid for National Party leadership
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Bill's true feelings arise in Opposition
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Bill English will make way for younger National leader, but not yet
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): When Hooton is going public that means the National Party Leadership Coup is in full effect
Jo Moir (Stuff): National Government only ever wanted a Treaty settlement on their terms - Ngāpuhi leader
International relations and trade
Barbara Dreaver (TVNZ): Opinion: How many more preventable disasters do we need to see in the Pacific?
Simon Draper (Stuff): Big hopes for Asian trade deal
Michael Powles (Incline): New Zealand and China in a Fractured World
RNZ: NZ aid spending review planned
Environment
Helen King (Stuff): The average Kiwi eats 20kg less meat amid concerns over sustainability of agriculture
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Fight or flight? Divided rural and urban NZ must team up to develop meat alternatives
Emma Hatton (RNZ): NZ running out of wetland areas – report
TVNZ: New Zealand's unique wetlands are in crisis – environmentalists
Rebecca Stevenson (Spinoff): Is this the end of the road for the humble plastic bag?
TVNZ: Northern Rata flowering the best in 10 years, but face threat from myrtle rust
John Boynton (RNZ): Te Arawa calls for protection of freshwater species
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): The dark side of NZ’s honey bee
Anan Zaki (Stuff): World-first whale heritage site possibility for Marlborough
Dennis Wesselbaum (ODT): Benefits outweigh challenges in receiving migrants
John Berrry (Stuff): Climate change views irrelevant to investment - it's already priced in
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Climate change: The “new normal” really means things will continue to get worse
Housing
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): The dysfunctional housing market we have to fix
Ged Cann and Brad Flahive (Stuff): Could rental caps work in New Zealand?
Fiona Barber (Stuff): It's 'survival of the richest' in NZ's rental market
Education
Daily Blog: Why charter schools have to go – Dr Liz Gordon
Torika Tokalau, Mahvash Ali and Matt Tso (Stuff): Schools split on Government's plan to overhaul donation system
Hye Ji Lee (RNZ): What racism in school taught me: resilience
ODT Editorial: Letting teachers teach
Alison Mau (Stuff): For us parents, the near future of teaching is terrifying
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Corporate world enticing te reo Māori educators away from classroom
Simon Day (Spinoff): Teaching water safety the Māori way
Health
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): A growing emergency: Why are cops looking after mental health patients in crisis?
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): Police mental health calls soar up to 250 per cent
Danielle Clent (Western Leader): Medicinal cannabis centre set to open in West Auckland
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Access to drinking fountains gets a fail from public health experts
Dubby Henry (Herald): Think tank finds no clear evidence sugar taxes have worked overseas
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Newshub poll: Most New Zealanders support euthanasia
Damien Grant (Stuff): MPs talk about freedom, but balk when granting it to others
Animal welfare
Dominion Post Editorial: Rodeos pitting humans against animals belong in the past
Cherie Howie (Herald): SAFE renews calls for rodeo ban after bull dies at Pukemanu Bullride in Martinborough
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Bull breaks leg before being euthanised in 'appalling'
Laura Tupou (RNZ): Bull's death after rodeo 'regrettable'
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Pat Booth 1929- 2018: Enemy of 'the obvious and the innocuous'
Herald: A cage rattler, tireless battler
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Do-nut adjust your set
Moana Maniapoto (E-Tangata): Every day is Waitangi Day
Stuff: Seven Sharp's Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells plans for beating the pressure
Calum Henderson (Spinoff): What can Jeremy Wells’ back catalogue tell us about the new Seven Sharp?
Matt Heath (Herald): An open letter to Hilary Barry on Jeremy Wells
Peter Thiel and citizenship
Matt Nippert (Herald): Citizen Thiel
Herald Editorial: 'Kiwi' Thiel yet to justify his residency
Michel Barnett (Herald): Getting the best from new Kiwis
Employment
Richard Wagstaff (Herald): 'NZ has to change how it does business' - Council of Trade Unions
Richard Rudman (Politik): New labour laws take us back to when Kate Wilkinson was Minister
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Government to start tracking sexual misconduct in the workplace
Denis O'Reilly (Herald): New spirit down at the job centre
Lorde Israel concert cancellation
Susan Strongman (The Wireless): Women sued over Lorde concert cancellation call Israeli lawsuit 'delusional'
Ali Abunimah (The Electronic Intifada): Why it’s best to ignore Israeli lawsuit over Lorde’s canceled show
Jordy Silverstein (Overland): Lawsuits and Lorde
Obama visit
Claire Trevett (Herald): Government refuses to discuss visit of former president Barack Obama
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Air New Zealand tipped to host former US President Obama on New Zealand visit
Claire Trevett (Herald): Barack Obama to visit New Zealand in March
Other
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): What becomes of Social Investment?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Government reveals Nats' secret plan to impose an 'Amazon tax' in 2019
Janine Rankin (Taranaki Daily News): Judd backing campaign for Māori wards in Manawatū and Palmerston North
Richard Swainson (Waikato Times): Less fun police, more actual police, please
Dani McDonald (Stuff): Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks on 'My Year With Helen'
Maddison Northcott (Stuff): Meet the man teaching the haka to the Danes
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Military justice system in for a shakeup
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Three Human Rights Commission staff investigated for sexual harassment
Rob Kidd (ODT): Women lawyers say true equality some way off
TVNZ: NZ Transport Agency may look into closing roads earlier after tourists' anger